Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r (Jh? iBamtttrg feralfr One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1912. Established 1891. * COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Colston Cullings. Colston, Nov. 12.?Mr. J. C. Hiers and daughter, Miss Kate, of Ehr: hardt, were visitors here Sundav. Messrs. W. G. Kearse and R. L. Beard, of Schofield, visited relatives here Sunday. Last Sunday afternoon Mr. A. D. Williamc tinH \Tise fUr>r.o Dpi! "Rpiird were happily united in marriage at the hospitable home of Mrs. Ogreta Beard, the ceremony be.ing performed by Rev. Mr. Heckle, of Olar. The bride wore a gown of dainty blue silk trimmed in passementrie fringe and Oriental lace and satin. The couple left shortly after in an autobile for Olar. From there they left for Savannah and other points in Georgia. After a few days they will return to Olar, where Mr. Williams is engaged in farming and the mercantile business. We wish this happy couple a long and prosperous life. Fairfax Fancies. J* Fairfax, Nov. 11.?Fairfax annual floral and fancy work display came riff nr? Ttinrcdnv and was nuite a SUC cess. Many of our ladies took prizes in the different departments. Dinner and supper were served the crowd under the auspices of the U. D. C. Fairfax chapter and a nice sum was realized. Miss Lena Loadholt, who has been off teaching, spent the week-end with relatives here. Mrs. X. Y. Mynor, of Brunson, visited Mrs. Bowles recently. Mrs. Laura Gooding, of Brunson, is here with her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Anderson. The young infant ef Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson was buried on Saturday at Bethlehem cemetery. Dr. Iva Youmans, after visiting relatives here, has returned to hospital work in Jacksonville. Mrs. Dr. Folk, of Brunson, was a recent visitor here. WILL NOT LEAVE STATE. Divorced Wife of Tillman, Jr., Authorizes Announcement. Columbia, Nov. 10.?Mrs. Francis Pickens Dugas, formerly Mrs. B. R. TJHw,ot> T v onthnrt7pH tVlP^ stat.fi l ixirnau^ vi .) UUVMVA ment through her attorneys to-day, DePass and DePass, of Columbia, that she did not intend to remove from the State as alleged in the habeas-corpus proceedings brought by her former husband, B. R. Tillman, J.r., to gain possession of their two little daughters. The attorneys for Mrs. Dugas said that she intended to remain on her farm in Edgefield county which she had brought up to a high state of cultivation and that she had no idea of marrying again. She was granted a divorce from B. R. Tillman, Jr., several months ago at Cincinnati, Ohio. The divorce followed the attempt by B. R. Tillman, Jr., to deed the children to his father, Senator Tillman. The habeas corpus proceedings have been set for hearing in the supreme court on Nov. 26. Mrs. Dugas -y has been ordered by an order signed by Chief Justice Gary to bring the two little girls to court on that date. > Mrs. Dugas will make a strong fight against the action. ' Seeks to Help Brother. Lexington, Nov. 11.?M. M. Lane, on/? a T-T Rates, of Norway. vi wpt, uuu --- ? ? , ? > were in Lexington yesterday for the purpose of communicating with Congressman Lever in reference to lending aid toward securing the release of Olin Lane, M. M. Lane's brother, who is now held in the United States arsenal in Augusta on a charge of desertion from the United States army. According to the story of M. M. Lane, this is his brother's second offense. Olin Lane came to his home in Orangeburg county, where he married. In the petitions presented to i Congressman Lever, it is alleged that the young wife of Lane is in delicate health and that she is solely dependent upon her husband for support. At the time of his arrest, it is said, Lane was employed as a street car motorman in Augusta, and was on his run at the time he was arrested and carried to the arsenal. Lane's > wife, however, is living with her mother in Orangeburg county. ^? ??r ATTor tx*ill mflkp a V^uujgi cssiiian .. . .. _ thorough investigation of the case before taking the matter up with the army officials at Washington. Some people seem to live a long time just to spite other people. KICKED BY HOUSE. Mr. Claude Langston, of Orangeburg in Serious Condition. Orangeburg, Nov. 8.?.Mr. Claud( Langston, of the business firm o Langston Brothers, suffered a ver] serious, though possibly not fatal, ac cident this morning, when, in an at tempt to curry a horse, he receiver a kick in the abdomen. The kick was with such force as to cut oper the abdomen and lay bare the intes tines. The injured man was giver medical attention at once, but the in jury is of a very serious nature. Negro Was Electrocuted. Columbia, Nov. 12.?Clinton Glov er, a negro, who was convicted or nlinrino r\ f or? off/smntoH ArimitlQ LUC vi au utv^uipwvi assault in Dorchester county, was electrocuted at the State peniten tiary this morning shortly after 11 o'clock. He did not make any state' ment. A Barometer. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, despite hh financial troubles, continues to tel innumerable witty war stories. On< of the most recent of these concerns a captain in a South American war "This captain"?so Gen. Sickles tells the tale?"was continually getting sick and being reported unfil for duty whenever there was a bis battle in sight. "After he had shirked about sever battles by means of sick leave, he became notorious; and it is said that h once overheard, from the hospital tent, two newsboys talking aboul himself. " 'Juan,' said the first boy, 'we'd better order an extra supply of papers. There is going to be some tall fighting to-morrow.' " 'How do you know that?' Pete, the second boy, asked. " 'Capt. Blanc,' was the reply, 'is - -1- ) M sick again. Moved by Hymns, Confesses Crimes, The police of Dallas, Tefr., have made public a confession given them by F. H. Rose, asserting that 24 years ago at Covington, Ky., he killed W. H. Morris. He said he went under the name of N. W. Ingersoll when he killed Morris. Rose also said that 24 years ago at Independence, Ky., he stole $110 from Austin Stephens. Rose has resided in Dallas for 24 years and is 46 years of age. He married a Dallas woman. The couple have no children. Rose has not given any details oi the alleged killing. He said thai while walking past a church here Sunday the sound of singing so attracted him that he went inside, listened to the sermon, decided to confess and went to the city jail, where he surrendered. His confession asserts that about a year and a half ago he burned his home here, obtaining thereby $1,030 insurance. The Virtue in the "But." "Justice is blind," but she sees more than she takes official notice of. "Put something by for a rainj day," but don't let that lead you tc forget the pleasant weather of the moment. "The world owes you a living," but it's just as well to go out and collect the debt. "Old friends are best," but ever} once in a while a new one turns up fit to make into an old one. "Make friends," but don't expect friends to make you. "Man proposes," but, often enough the baby disposes. "The way of the transgressor is hard," but his wife's is harder. "Opportunity knocks once at every door," but if you're knocking at the same instant you're not likely to hear the lady.?Warwick James in November Lippincott's. The Cotton Bon weevil. The cotton boll weevil, the greatest pest of the South, according to a Washington dispatch, has caused a loss of $125,000,000 represented by 2,550,000 bales of cotton since the weevil first invaded this country, according to an estimate of the department of agriculture issued recently. The weevil crossed the Rio Grande into the United States 20 years ago. "The problem of the control of the boll weevil will be more difficult as the pest continues its invasion of the cotton belt," announced the department. "It cannot be considered as yet completely solved. There is no occasion to lose hope, but there must be devised better means of controlling the pest and reducing the enormous loss suffered especially during unfavorable seasons, in Texas." I IN THE PALMETTO STATE i J SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. a f State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. 1 : Robbers broke open the safe of a i .Mr. Brown at Gantt, Greenville coun. ty, on Sunday night and stole $ 2,5 00 j from the safe. W. F. Snipes was sent to jail in Columbia on Thursday, charged with having forged a draft on Gov. Blease for ten dollars. Robbers broke into the store of ! a Mr. Brown at Gantt, Greenville I county, on Monday night and got 5 about $2,500 from his safe. Tr* otvnnor 5 tnri 1C tho Rflnt.ist JL11 Oil VUg V/Uiwvi vmv . Courier condemns the recent arrest - of J. D. Gilreath at Greenville and pays a high tribute to his character as a man and officer. H. B. Ingram, register of mesne j conveyances, has "thrown his hat in I the ring" and will be a candidate , against Jeff Richardson, the incumj bent, for the Greenville postoffice. J. D. Gilreath, of Greenville, and j M. M. Buford, of Newberry, are - prominently mentioned as candidates t for United States marshal of South j Carolina, to succeed Marshal J. Duncan Adams. 1 Nine barrels of whiskey were seized at the C. & W. C. depot in Green' ville on Thursday by the police, un1 der the direction of J. D. Gilreath, ' police inspector. It had been consigned to Tom Harrison, of Green^ ville. I The old dispensary building, on Gervais street, Columbia, between the railroads and the river, was sold at public sale on Monday for $125,* , 000. The building is historic, hav* ing been used as a mint by the Confederate States during the war of the . 60s. , The citizens of Columbia are en, deavoring to have President-elect . Wilson make that city his winter . home. The house occupied by his parents many years ago has been seI cured. A committee of Columbia , citizens visited Prfrreetori this week . in the interest of the project, and while Mr. Wilson could not promise to come this winter he was evidently much pleased at the invitation and . may come next year. ! The office seekers got busy immediately after the election. Wednes! day, the day after the election, the : names of Attorney General J. Fraser 1 Lyon and J. William Thurmond, Esq., were mentioned in the newspapers as probable candidates for United ' States District Attorney, to succeed J Ernest Cochran, of Anderson. The same day it was also announced that 1 W. L. Izlar would be an applicant 1 for the position of postmaster at ' Orangeburg, to succeed A. D. Webster, the incumbent. Other Hints to Barbers. s We note with a great deal of satisfaction that there is a movement on r foot in this country to pass laws pre> venting tonsorial artists, also the ! common or garden variety of bar bers, from eating onions. This is a ; long step in the right direction. Here ; are a few more rules which should be adopted. One?No barber shall take a chew ? of finecut or plug during the course of a shave without offering the cus: tomer one. Two?No barber shall turn around , and talk to a friend who is waiting and in the meantime slice off the ; nose, ear or chin of the shavee or any other feature of any importance. Three?No barber shall spring any ! ancient and honorable gags such as "Did you ever hear a keyring?" while shaving a customer, as the latter's uproaring laughter is liable to bring him in violent contact with the razor and he may feel all cut up about it. Four?The customer's mouth must not be used as a temporary recepi tacle for lather to be scooped out a little at a time as the barber needs ! it. Five?Barbers shall not get the sporting paper all mussed up and t? ? Vi /-> /->n of nm ore Visivp H lUlIi 1AJ1U1C LUC CHIJkumviu uu.v _ chance to read the pictures. This rule shall be imperative. s Six?No barber shall tell a cus' tomer the same story that the cus> tomer told him a week before. Prize fight, race track and baseball gossip i shall be strictly taboeed. ? Seven?No barber shall turn a - man's head while shaving by grasp ing him by the nose and shutting off his supply of ozone for more than ? 10 minutes at a time.?Richmond Times-Dispatch. I TWO PANICS. p Some Financial History of an Interesting Character. Since the year 1900 two panics have occurred in the United States. K One was the rich man's or silent panic, so called, which followed the enormous promotion of industrial corporation combinations and the termination of the mighty struggle between C: James J. Hill, Mr. Morgan at his is right hand, and E. H. Harriman, in 01 the spring of 1901, for the control of w the Northern Pacific Railroad Com- a: pany. * * T In the height of that panic the w quotations for securities of all kinds bi were very low. h< Then again, in 1907, another, due to complete impairment of confidence b< have not served appreciably to dimin- h; *sh the development of our natural d< resources. gi This is really the important fact tt lying behind the enormous aggregate gi of statistics which have just been furnished by the bureau of statistics tc in Washington. The development of our great natural resources in the past twelve years is chiefly the in- sc fluence which lies behind the unpre- st ^edented increase in the money now w in circulation in the United States d< as compared with the figures that m tell of that circulation ten or twelve year^ago. It is reasonably accurate w i;o~Say- that the money In circulation in the United States in the present fr year is almost exactly $1,000,000,- ^ 000 in excess of the money in circula- d tion ten or twelve years ago. The fo. increase is much greater than the increase in population, measured by per centage figures, for while the population increased by about twenty ^ per cent, the money in circulation increased a little under fifty per cent. e( Thi6 increase in actual money re- 01 fleets new wealth created since 1900. qi No small part of it is the wealth w which has come from the develop- ^ ment of our mines of precious metals. The latest figures descriptive of | m the loans and discounts of national tj. banks in tire present calendar year a put the aggregate at a little under S? $6,000,000,000. Ten or twelve years w ago the aggregate was a litle over fC $3,000,000,000. These figures tell the story of the high development of natural resources which has been secured since 1900. That development ^ has made possible an increase in the deposits of savings banks in the past ten years, approximately, of about a billion and a half. The total depos- g( its in the year 1911 -were $4,212,- . 000,000. There can be no escape from the .. inference that these stupendous figures which report savings bank de- ^ posits, tell of a fairly reasonable dis- . tribution among the wage earners of the United States of the new wealth ^ which has been created through the ^ development of our natural resources. Almost all of these de- M posits of $4,000,000,000 have been utilized in industry, commerce, and especially in real estate improve- 1 ments in the United States.?Holland w in the Wall Street Journal. w ? of Will Not SeU Monticello. in New York, Nov. 11.?Efforts of the tl newly formed Jefferson Monticello H Memorial association to get the gov- al 4-^ rM.wViaco thp old Thomas hi C1 L LW puiv^uujv ^ Jefferson home will prove useless, fc according to a statement made to- ai night by Congressman Jefferson H Levy, owner of the property, which te is located near Charlottesville, Va. V Congressman Levy said he would ti< not listen to any proposal for the sale re of Monticello and had been advised by constitutional lawyers that the sc government had no right to deprive re him of the property. It has been in tithe hands of his family for the past SO years. vi Bills are pending before congress providing that the government ac- G quire the estate through its power of tt eminent domain. m ? and the fear lest our money supplies fc were totally inadequate to sustain ki the credit and the business of the al country, caused business demorali- g< zation which was continued for more li< than a year.' There was a spasmodic revival of business in the year 1909, ei but that was followed by relative col- n< lapse. Yet in spite of these two se- cc rioue disturbances the material prog- bi ress of the United States was not ej greatly impaired. This is regarded as by those whose judgments are worth cs heeding, both in this country and in b: Europe, as furnishing unquestionable is proof that the United states nas entered upon an area of wise, highly tt economic and very great develop- tt ment of its prodigious natural re- P sources. Political agitations, the at- gl titude of the people toward the com- si binations known as trusts and the rigid enforcement of the law which P fni-ha/io nnm hi nn firms r>f that kind tt Canalejas sank to the sidewalk. A iend who was passing at that molent rushed up, crying: "Done Jose! on Jose!" this being the premier's iptismal name. The wounded man scarcely had rength to murmur: "The scoundrel has killed me." e then expired. In the meantime his assailant turn1 the muzzle of the revolver on his vn breast and fired again. A crowd lickly gathered, while the assassin as half dragged to the police staon. The premier was carried to a pharacy . and then to the ministry of le interior, where he was placed on i large marble table in the main iloon. The blood flowing from a ound behind the right ear soon >rmed a pool on the floor. King Alfonso Arrives. The king was informed of the agedy as he was leaving the palace i attend the chrysanthemum exhi- | tion. He sprang into an automo-1 le and motored swiftly to the mintry. As he reached the Puerto del >1 the crowd acclaimed him, cryg: "Long live the brave king!" Running up-stairs, four steps at a me, the king entered the saloon id bent silently over the body of his A ~ TXzs n-Qc <rrpntlv n f LC IXiliiXS-lUl JL J-V T T U> kj ^ A V VW v? j ?* cted as he recited the prayer for ie dead and turned to the aseemed ministers to learn the details of ie crime. Carried Man Runs Away with Girl. Charged with abduction of a pretty 4-year-old girl and deserting his ife and little child, Zach Vaughn, ho resided near Greenville at one the cotton mills, has been arrested i Atlanta and is being held to await ie arrival of Deputy Sheriff Jno. S. untsinger. The man left Greenville Dout ten days ago, leaving word for is wife that he was going to Caliirnia. A warrant was issued for his rest and put in the hands of Mr. untsinger. After a bit of clever detcive work Mr. Huntsinger located aughn and telegraphed the authories at Atlanta to have the man ar. ~ A ~ /I .'SltJU. Vaughn is a mill operative and al> a carpenter by trade. When aristed he was following the latter ade. The girl is also a resident of a mill llage near Greenville. Deputy Sheriff Huntsinger left reenville to-day for Atlanta to get te man and girl.?Greenville Piedont. REMIER IS ASSASSINATED HOT DOWN BY ANARCHIST ON STREETS OF MADRID. ing Alfonso Rushes to Scene of Tragedy, Finding His Prime Minister Dead. Madrid, Spain, Nov. 12.?Josej analejas y Mendes, the prime minter, whom Spain has regarded as ae of the greatest of her statesmen,! as shot and killed to-day by a young narchist named Manuel Pardinas. he assassin attempted suicide and it as first thought that he was dead, ;t when he had been carried to the Dspital he was found to be living. No event since the throwing of the Dmb at the carriage of King Al>nso, on May 31, 1906, while the ing was returning from the church !ter his marriage, has caused such sneral consternation and such pupil sympathy. So far as can be learned at presit, the assassination seems to be in 3 way part of a widespread pojitiplot or revolutionary movement, it an isolated crime for which the ?vi + i Tf/ir roTYicin /"tHamirO TVl 0 Ld.V/1 iiivti vco x^uiuia vuvvux v, A U\^ i ssassin, who was of Spanish birth, ime recently from Buenos Ayres, Ij way of Paris. Practically nothing ' known about him. Canalejas was shot in the back tree times as he was walking to ie ministry of the interior, in the uerto del Sol. He had stopped to ance into the window of a booklop. This morning he went to the Royal alace to submit several decrees to ie king. He emerged smiling and ippy. As an attendant opened the Dor leading to the street, a strong ist of wind struck the premier in ie face, causing him to exclaim lily: "Oh, what a wind! We are going have a bad day." The Fatal Shots. About an hour later his uncon:ious prophecy was fulfilled. As he opped for a moment at the shop indow a man darted from a nearby Dorway. He ran up behind the preier and fired four shots at close inge. Three bullets, as it was after- j ard found, took effect. 14 DEAD, 90 INJURED. Freight Train Crashes Into a Crowded Excursion. New Orleans, Nov. 11.?Fourteen lives were sniffed out and ninety passengers injured when a through freight train crashed into the rear end of a north-bound excursion train on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, near Montz, La., at 12:20 this morning. , The appalling disaster is charged by the railroad officials to the negligence of a flagman named Cunningham, who disappeared when the two trains crashed together. Of the dead four are white women, one a white infant, four negro women and five negro .men. Fortyone of the injured are white and forty-nine negroes. It is expected that all of these, except possibly three, will recover.N News of Wreck Withhelcl. Although the scene of the wreck is but 27 miles north of New Orleans and relief trains were sent from this city and from Baton Rouge, the railroad officials withheld from the press information of the wreck until a late hohr this morning. An amazing feature of the wreck was that the loss of life was confined almost entirely to the last and fourth from the last coaches of the excursion train. The second from the last coach escaped injury almost completely. The excursion train was made up of ten coaches, with negroes occupying all but the two rear coaches. The rear coach was demolished and the third and fourth cars were telescoped. All three, together with the freight engine, were burned. Pathetic atones or the gnastiy norrors were brought to New Orleans to-day by survivors, many of whom barely escaped death. The confusion and excitement incident to the distressing scenes of death and suffering were increased by the cries and exjclamations of the hundreds of negroes who ran about in a panicstricken condition. . ;; Almost Pandemonium. A few of the negroes were selfpossessed and lent their earnest aid to the heroic efforts of white passengers to save from the flames those pinned beneath the wreckage, but most of them ran wildly about, shrieking, shouting and praying. Mrs. Thomas McGinnes, wife of a New Orleans plumber, was killed and her husband and two small babies are in a local hospital. Three * of the other dead among the white victims were relatives and neighbors v in Zachary, La. At an early hour tonight no one had appeared to claim the body of the infant and it is supposed that the child's mother perish-ed in the wreck. Of the injured 46 were brought to New Orleans for medical treatment and 44 were taken to Baton Rouge or to their homes. The Louisiana railroad commission to-day telegraphed to the Inter-State commerce commission to join in an 3 U r mvesugauuu vi mc wicca. Woman's Answer Balks Judge. Chicago, Nov. 11.?Federal District Judge Landis was 'defied by a slip of woman to-day at the inquiry into the manner in which her husband, who had been adjudged insane, conducted his private bank. Mrs. Garrett Kirby was the woman and she refused for 10 minutes of steady and constantly questioning by attorneys and finally by Judge Landis himself to answer. "Why not?" asked Judge Landis. "Because," she replied. The court ordered a rule entered against her, directing that she reply to the questions to-morrow. Mrs. Kirby is under arrest on charges of conducting a confidence game, the accusation being that she continued the banking business after she knew it was insolvent and her husband had been adjudged insane. Mrs. Kirby was ordered held as a witness under bonds of $20,000. Mrs. Kirby was released on security of 135 acres of land in Zion City, 111., furnished by her mother, Mrs. Mary J. Durkin. Daniel J. Kirby, Jr., the 17-year 1-;.. ~e n-r>A Old L'd. Sine I Ui tlic CUllc.pscu uaiia auu nephew of its president, was held as a material witness on the same bond as that furnished by Mrs. Kirby. Judge Landis declared that the county judge who had declared Dr. Kirby insane and*the probate judge who had appeared as conservator of the banker's estate had been imposed on and that the affairs of the bank would have to be investigated from the beginning. Speech enables a woman to conceal what she really means. I * 1 ?